A Christmas Carol

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-451-53202-2

Collation

xxiv, 200 hal.; 17 cm.

Series Title

Signet Classics

Call Number

823 Dic c

A little princess

"It would be easy to be a princess if i were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it"

The Three Musketeers

In this swashbuckling epic, d'Artagnan, not yet twenty, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers, that legion of heroes highly favored by King Louis XIII and feared by evil Cardinal Richelieu. By fighting alongside Athos, Porthos, and Aramis as they battle their enemies, d'Artagnan proves he has the heart of a aMusketeer and earns himself a place in their ranks. Soon d' Artagnan an…

Daddy-Long-Legs

"I suppose i might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. Only that's sort of insulting to me. Or dear Mr, Rich-Man, but that's insulting to you. But at least you will stay tall all your life! So i've decided to call you Dear Daddy-Long-Less. I hope you won't mind."

The Sonnets

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

978-0-451-52727-1

Collation

lviii, 208 hal.; 17 cm.

Series Title

Signet Classics

Call Number

823 Sha s

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels is Jonathan Swift's satiric masterpiece, the fantastic tale of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon. First, he is shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the alarmed residents are only six inches tall. His second voyage takes him to the land of Brobdingnag, where the people are sixty feet tall. Further adventures bring Gulliver to an island that f…

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

'It is curious, "he remarked, "but I feel quite warm now, although it is so cold." "That is because you have done a good action," said the Prince.

Selected Fairy Tales

In celebration one of the world's most widely re3cognised childrens, this collection brings together some of Hans Christian Andersen's most popular fairy tales with some of his more subversive masterpieces - from ' The Princess and the Pea' and 'The Little Mermaid' to 'The Red Shoes' and 'The Snow Queen'. With universal themes and dark homour at their heart, these tales have delighted readers s…

The Origin of Species

Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin's eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world. Forced to qustion the idea of the Creator, mid-nineteenth century readers were faced with Darwin's theories on the laws of natural selection and the randomness of evolution, ca…

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist has asked for more! Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian society featu…